Award Date
1-1-1999
Degree Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Science (MS)
Department
Kinesiology
First Committee Member
Lawrence A. Golding
Number of Pages
147
Abstract
Subjects included 17 female college students, aged 19 to 44 yrs. Subjects were assigned to 1 of 3 specific training protocols and performed lift-assisted (LA) pull-ups (PU) and/or LA bar dips (BD) for a period of 12 weeks. PU and BD performance were compared at 0, 4, 8 and 12 weeks training. Flexed arm hang (FAH), modified pull-up (MPU) and push-up exercises were compared at 0 and 12 weeks. A 3 x 4 (group by time) repeated measures factorial was used for the PU and BD tests, and a 3 x 2 (group by time) factorial was used for the FAH, MPU and push-up tests. There was significant interaction on the PU {dollar}(F = 4.28,\ p = .0019){dollar} and FAH {dollar}(F = 4.79,\ p = .0260).{dollar} There was a significant main effect for time on the BD test {dollar}(F = 33.16,\ p = 0.0001).{dollar} There was a main effect for group, and a main effect for time on the MPU and push-up tests. Group II (PU) significantly improved on the PU from 4 weeks ({dollar}\bar\times{dollar} 0.583) to 12 weeks ({dollar}\bar\times{dollar} 3.41), and Group I (PU/BD) and Group II were significantly better than Group III (BD). All Groups significantly improved on the BD from 4 weeks ({dollar}\bar\times{dollar} 1.9) to 8 weeks ({dollar}\bar\times{dollar} 3.59), and from 8 weeks to 12 weeks ({dollar}\bar\times{dollar} 5.8). Group II (PU) significantly improved on all 5 tests. Group I (PU/BD) significantly improved on all tests except the PU. Group III (BD) significantly improved on the BD, MPU and push-up tests.
Keywords
Assisted; Body; Developing; Effectiveness; Females; Lift; Strength; Training; Upper
Controlled Subject
Developmental biology; Kinesiology; Physical education and training
File Format
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3041.28 KB
Degree Grantor
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Language
English
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Repository Citation
Brown, Robin M, "Effectiveness of lift-assisted training in developing upper body strength in females" (1999). UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations. 997.
http://dx.doi.org/10.25669/myro-8sgv
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